[STEAM][PRESS]Arkane Austin Was Working on a Big Redfall Update for May Before Microsoft Ditched the Game and Closed the Studio

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The now abandoned

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had a roadmap of support that was being actively worked on before

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scrapped all development and closed its developer, IGN can reveal.

Arkane Austin was working on DLC and updates for the game with the expectation they would release until very recently, IGN understands, suggesting

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that it was closing the developer as well as Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks came as a shock to staff.

In

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, Arkane Lyon chief Dinga Bakaba hit out at the cuts, calling them "absolutely terrible." "To any executive reading this, friendly reminder that video games are an entertainment/cultural industry, and your business as a corporation is to take care of your artists/entertainers and help them create value for you," Bakaba continued.

Redfall game director Harvey Smith also

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: "I just want to say that I love all the people at Arkane Austin so much. Great times, hard times, we went through so much, together. Of course, today's news is terrible, for all of us. Your talent will lift you up, and I will do anything I can to help."

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